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Monarchs, Tribe Advance to Semifinals of Men's Tennis Championship

April 19, 2002
By ODU Athletics

ODU Sports

April 19, 2002

RICHMOND, VA -- Matches have held true to seeding so far in the 2002 CAA Men's Tennis
Championship, as the higher seeds all have picked up wins. In Friday's quarterfinal action at Byrd
Park, #3 Old Dominion University blanked #6 Delaware 4-0 and #2 William and Mary shutout #7
Towson 4-0.

It was more of the same in singles, with the Monarchs winning all three of the completed matches to
earn the victory. Calin Milos ousted Wirth 6-3, 6-1 at #3, Patrik Binkowski defeated Lee Kennedy at #4
6-2, 6-3, and Niklas Oskarsson won 6-2, 6-0 against David Mouber at #6.

William & Mary made quick work of Towson in the second quarterfinal. Joe Brooks and Zack Malmgren
teamed up at #2 doubles to post an 8-4 win over Nitin Deodhar and Matt Shore, while #3 doubles team
Jeff Kader and Andrew James rolled to an 8-1 over Chris Rowland and Todd Nagel. By winning two
doubles matches, the Tribe jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the match.

Geoff Russell earned a 6-2, 6-0 win at #2 singles over Deodhar, and Kader and Brooks each claimed
his second victory of the day at #3 and #4, respectively. Kader beat Dan Selzer 6-1, 6-2 and Brooks
defeated Trey Ragase 6-1, 6-1 to claim victory for the Tribe.

The Monarchs and the Tribe will square off Saturday at 9:00 a.m. at Byrd Park.